Want to write your Orkut name upside down ? Here is a simple method to do so. Visit FlipTitle, enter your text and it automatically make your text upside down.
Where to use this tool ?
For online degree you can apply in a number of universities like University of Phoenix. You can also select the university on the basis of fee structure like if you feel that fee structure of Kaplan University is good then you can get admission in it. Similarly, you can compare other universities like DeVry University or another online degree offering university.
 Facebook says it does not use information from deactivated accounts |
The investigation follows a complaint by a user of the social network who was unable to fully delete their profile even after terminating their account.
Currently, personal information remains on Facebook's servers even after a user deactivates an account.
Facebook has said it believes its policy is in "full compliance with UK data protection law".
"We take the concerns of the ICO [Information Commissioner's Office] and our user's privacy very seriously and are committed to working with the ICO to maintain a trusted environment for all Facebook users and ensure compliance with UK law," said a statement from the site.
Protecting principle
At present, Facebook users who wish to remove their profile from the site are given the opportunity to deactivate their account.
Details are stored on Facebook servers after a profile is deleted
But once deactivated the information, though no longer accessible, remains on Facebook's computers.
This is useful if you might reactivate your account later, but not the same as full deletion.
Users who wish to completely delete their information must, according to the automated response from Facebook's Customer Service, ¿log in and delete all profile content".
For some users that can be a very laborious process and that concerns the ICO.
"One of the things that we're concerned about is that if the onus is entirely on the individual to delete their data," Dave Evans, Senior Data Protection Practice Manager at the ICO told BBC Radio 4's iPM programme.
"An individual who has deactivated their account might not find themselves motivated enough to delete information that's about them maybe on their wall or other people's site."
The over-riding data protection principle motivating the ICO is that organisations should only hold information as long as necessary.
Facebook maintains it is in compliance with all data protection legislation and says it does not use information from deactivated accounts.
Network problem
Mr Evans said that he believed that Facebook were committed to being seen to do as much as possible to safeguard people's privacy.
"We've agreed with Facebook to discuss with them issues around what they do with my information if I wish to deactivate my account".
In addition, he said that the ICO would look at Facebook's privacy policy, the rights to data the company asserts and the privacy implications of applications embedded in Facebook.
Although Facebook and many other social networks are based outside of the UK, Mr Evans believes that UK law could still apply.
"They are established in the UK for UK legislation to cover their activities."
He said it was the clarity of information users receive on signing up with social networking sites that is the central concern of the ICO.
"One of the things that we'll be working with the sites to achieve is to get better quality information to users to make it absolutely clear to people what exactly will happen to their information once it's posted."
 The UK benefits from cheap broadband deals |
Four out of 10 UK adults with internet access use social networking sites compared to 17% in France, 12% in Germany and 22% in Italy.
The UK is eclipsed only by Canada where 53% of internet users go on social networking sites.
In Japan and the US the percentage is 32% and 34% respectively.
International comparisons
The Ofcom report into the £873bn telecoms, radio and television sectors compared the UK with 11 other countries, including Canada and the US.
It also looked at emerging giants Brazil, Russia, India and China, where mobile phone growth is particularly strong.
The report found that the US and UK are the only places where men do not use the internet more than women.
In the UK, the split is equal, while in the US 52% of internet users are women.
Cheap deals
The watchdog also said that the UK enjoys some of the cheapest deals for telephone, pay-TV and broadband.
In the UK, about 40% of households already take a bundled service, where they pay a monthly fee for a telephone landline, pay-TV and the internet.
This can be as low as £25 in the UK for a typical family household including two parents and two children.
This compares with £27.22 in France, £39.77 in Germany and £69.54 in the US.
COST OF PHONE, INTERNET & TV UK: £25 France: £27.22 Germany: £39.77 US: £69.54 Price for triple play deals
Source: Ofcom
Price may be one of the reasons the UK has the highest take-up of digital television in the 12 countries surveyed.
At the end of 2006, about 76% of UK households were digital.
But it is still Japanese and US consumers who spend the most time watching television, averaging 4.5 hours a day.
This is one hour more than people spend in front of television in the UK.
Revenue boost
Internet advertising revenues are also on the rise, particularly in the UK.
At £33, advertisers in the UK spend more money per person on internet advertising than any other country, twice as much as that spent in France, Germany and Italy combined.
Overall, the money to be made from telecom services is increasing, reflecting the growing importance of the sector.
Telecom services revenue per head increased by 20% - from £288m in 2001 to £345m in 2006 - across the countries surveyed, the report found.
Global take up
Globally, mobiles are driving growth in the communications sector, now accounting for 53% of total telecoms revenues.
By the end of 2006, there were 402 million landlines and 634 million mobile connections in the 12 countries surveyed.
Brazil, Russia, China and India are driving much of this growth.
Since 2001, more than 660 million subscriptions were added in these four countries, accounting for 40% of total new mobile subscriptions globally.
Last year, mobile phone users in China sent 429 billion text messages, or 967 text messages per user, compared with 621 per mobile user in the UK.
New subscriptions in India doubled to 150 million, more than twice the number of UK subscribers.
Posts
All Comments
Thanks For Visiting The Site | ۩ Orkut Fun n' Fan Club™ Owned By Orkut Offcial Community
